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Table 35. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by First Harmful Event and Crash
Severity, 2009
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First Harmful Event
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Single-Vehicle
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Multiple-Vehicle
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Total
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|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Number
|
Percent
|
|
Fatal Crashes
|
|
0
|
0.0%
|
2,227
|
93.4%
|
2,227
|
74.6%
|
|
189
|
31.3%
|
63
|
2.6%
|
252
|
8.4%
|
|
204
|
33.8%
|
23
|
1.0%
|
227
|
7.6%
|
|
95
|
15.8%
|
34
|
1.4%
|
129
|
4.3%
|
|
54
|
9.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
54
|
1.8%
|
|
17
|
2.8%
|
7
|
0.3%
|
24
|
0.8%
|
|
12
|
2.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
12
|
0.4%
|
|
7
|
1.2%
|
8
|
0.3%
|
15
|
0.5%
|
|
3
|
0.5%
|
6
|
0.3%
|
9
|
0.3%
|
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
|
14
|
2.3%
|
5
|
0.2%
|
19
|
0.6%
|
|
8
|
1.3%
|
11
|
0.5%
|
19
|
0.6%
|
|
603
|
100.0%
|
2,384
|
100.0%
|
2,987
|
100.0%
|
|
Injury Crashes
|
|
*
|
*
|
42,000
|
96.3%
|
42,000
|
81.9%
|
|
3,000
|
40.0%
|
1,000
|
2.6%
|
4,000
|
8.1%
|
|
*
|
6.4%
|
*
|
*
|
1,000
|
1.0%
|
|
3,000
|
37.6%
|
*
|
0.3%
|
3,000
|
5.9%
|
|
*
|
4.2%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.6%
|
|
*
|
4.9%
|
*
|
0.1%
|
*
|
0.8%
|
|
*
|
1.4%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
*
|
0.8%
|
*
|
0.2%
|
*
|
0.3%
|
|
*
|
1.5%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.2%
|
|
*
|
0.5%
|
*
|
0.4%
|
*
|
0.4%
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
*
|
2.6%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.4%
|
|
8,000
|
100.0%
|
44,000
|
100.0%
|
51,000
|
100.0%
|
|
Property Damage Only Crashes
|
|
*
|
*
|
147,000
|
97.8%
|
147,000
|
63.5%
|
|
25,000
|
31.0%
|
2,000
|
1.3%
|
27,000
|
11.7%
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
3,000
|
3.7%
|
*
|
*
|
3,000
|
1.4%
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
41,000
|
49.8%
|
*
|
*
|
41,000
|
17.5%
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
2,000
|
2.4%
|
*
|
*
|
2,000
|
0.8%
|
|
7,000
|
8.2%
|
*
|
*
|
7,000
|
2.9%
|
|
1,000
|
1.4%
|
*
|
*
|
1,000
|
0.5%
|
|
1,000
|
1.6%
|
*
|
*
|
1,000
|
0.6%
|
|
1,000
|
1.8%
|
1,000
|
0.7%
|
2,000
|
1.1%
|
|
81,000
|
100.0%
|
151,000
|
100.0%
|
232,000
|
100.0%
|
*Less than 500 or less than 0.05 percent.
Note: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating
(GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.
Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Property Damage Only
Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, General Estimates
System (GES).
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